Albury
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1880–1920
1927–present
MPJustin Clancy
PartyLiberal
NamesakeAlbury, New South Wales
Electors59,834 (2023)
Area16,286.87 km2 (6,288.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Albury:
Murray Wagga Wagga
Cootamundra		 Monaro
Murray Albury Monaro
Victoria Victoria Monaro

Albury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Justin Clancy of the Liberal Party.

Albury is a regional electorate in the state's south. It encompasses the local government areas of the City of Albury, Greater Hume Shire, Federation Council, part of Snowy Valleys Council that includes the town of Cabramurra. Its significant population centres include Albury, Culcairn, Jindera, Corowa, Howlong, Holbrook and Tumbarumba.[1]

History

Albury was first created in 1880 from part of Hume and is named after the city of Albury. In 1920, Albury, Wagga Wagga and Corowa were absorbed into Murray, and four members were elected under proportional representation. At the end of proportional representation in 1927, Albury was recreated.

Albury has generally been considered as a heartland seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. While Labor has occasionally managed to break the conservative hold on the seat, these have typically occurred only at the peak of a popular government. For instance, former Albury mayor Harold Mair won the seat for Labor in 1978 and held it for a decade–only the second Labor member ever to win it in its present incarnation, and the only one to hold it for more than one term. However, Mair's name recognition in the area was not enough to keep him from being swept out in the landslide Labor defeat of 1988. Liberal Ian Glachan, who had been Mair's opponent in 1984, actually turned Albury into a safe seat in one stroke.

Since then, Labor has never come close to retaking the seat. Labor candidates are usually fortunate to get much more than 30 percent of the primary vote. The Liberal hold on the seat has only been seriously threatened once since then, when Glachan suffered a 16-point swing and bested independent Claire Douglas by only 687 votes. At that election, Labor was pushed into third place. The seat reverted to form in 2003 upon Glachan's retirement. His successor, Greg Aplin, won 61.5 percent of the two-party vote, and Labor was pushed to fourth place on the primary vote behind Aplin and two independents. Aplin held the seat without serious difficulty until 2019, when he was succeeded by fellow Liberal Justin Clancy.

Members

First incarnation (1880–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  George Day [2] None 1880–1887
  Protectionist 18871889
  John Wilkinson [3] Protectionist 1889–1895
  Richard Ball [4] Free Trade 1895–1898
  Thomas Griffith [5] Protectionist 1898–1901
  Independent 1901–1904
  Gordon McLaurin [6] Progressive 1904–1907
  Independent 1907–1913
  John Cusack [7] Labor 1913–1917
  Independent Labor 1917–1917
  Arthur Manning [8] Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Ross [9] Nationalist 1927–1930
  Independent 1930–1930
  Joseph Fitzgerald [10] Labor 1930–1932
  Alexander Mair [11] United Australia 1932–1943
  Democratic 1943–1945
  Liberal 1945–1946
  John Hurley [12] Labor 1946–1947
  Doug Padman [13] Liberal 1947–1965
  Gordon Mackie [14] Liberal 1965–1978
  Harold Mair [15] Labor 1978–1988
  Ian Glachan [16] Liberal 1988–2003
  Greg Aplin [17] Liberal 2003–2019
  Justin Clancy [18] Liberal 2019–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Albury.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Albury[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Justin Clancy 26,368 53.0 −3.7
Labor Marcus Rowland 11,081 22.3 −2.6
Greens Eli Davern 4,672 9.4 +0.0
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Peter Sinclair 4,009 8.1 +8.1
Animal Justice Asanki Fernando 1,263 2.5 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Robertson 1,224 2.5 +2.5
Sustainable Australia Ross Hamilton 1,171 2.4 −4.6
Total formal votes 49,788 96.5 +1.3
Informal votes 1,795 3.5 −1.3
Turnout 51,583 86.2 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Justin Clancy 28,811 66.3 +0.5
Labor Marcus Rowland 14,626 33.7 −0.5
Liberal hold Swing+0.5

References

  1. ↑ "Albury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mr George Day (1826-1906)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mr John Wilkinson (1853- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. Richard Thomas Ball (1857–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr Thomas Hunter Griffith (1842–1913)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mr Gordon Ranald McLaurin (1862–1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mr John Joseph Cusack (1868–1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Mr Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mr John Ross (1891-1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Joseph John Fitzgerald (1883–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "The Hon. Alexander Mair (1889-1969)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mr Cornelius John Hurley". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Mr Dudley Gordon Padman (1885-1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mr Gordon Charlton Mackie (1912-1990)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Mr Harold David Mair (1919– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Mr Ian Doric Glachan (1934-2005)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Mr Gregory John Aplin BA(Hons) (1952 - )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "Mr Justin Clancy". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  19. ↑ LA First Preference: Albury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  20. ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Albury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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